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BALL Consumer Cyclical Packaging & Containers
Ball Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $13.2 billion, up 11.6% from fiscal 2024.
- Revenue
- +23.9%
- EPS
- −130.2%
- Free cash flow
- −87.6%
- Total debt
- +1.05%
Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier
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Ball Corporation (BALL) Return on invested capital
Ball Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 4.57%, down 3.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (7.97%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.76% (fiscal 2016) to 7.97% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is in line with the Packaging & Containers industry median of 4.57% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.42%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 7.97% | 3.52 |
| FY2024 | 4.45% | (1.09) |
| FY2023 | 5.54% | 0.14 |
| FY2022 | 5.40% | (2.03) |
| FY2021 | 7.43% | 1.01 |
| FY2020 | 6.42% | (0.03) |
| FY2019 | 6.45% | 0.34 |
| FY2018 | 6.11% | 1.37 |
| FY2017 | 4.74% | 1.98 |
| FY2016 | 2.76% | (3.46) |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| AMCR Amcor PLC compare | 17.9% |
| AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare | 13.0% |
| CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare | 11.8% |
| REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare | 8.29% |
| BALL Ball Corporation | 4.57% |
| SW Smurfit Westrock PLC compare | 2.87% |
| IP International Paper Company compare | 2.15% |
| SON Sonoco Products Company compare | 1.97% |
| PKG Packaging Corporation of America compare | 0.00% |
| Packaging & Containers industry median | 4.57% |
| Consumer Cyclical sector median | 3.42% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on invested capital is
Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.
TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)
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